Improvement in bread-slicers



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JOSEPH TAYLOR, or HUDSON, NEWJERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 97,728,datel December 7, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREAD-SLICERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making peut of the same.`

To `all whom it may concern Beit known that VI,\.)Osnlerr TAYLOn, of the city and county of Hudson, in the State of N ew Jersey, have invented a new and improved Bread-Slicer; and I do herebydcclarethe following to be a full, clear, audfexact description of the nat-ure, construction, and

operation of the same, reference being had to the ac-x companying drawings, forming part of' this specification, in which- Y Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of my improved bread-sheer, taken in the plane of the line y y, iig. 2. i

Figure 2 is a plan view of the lower box,the upper i the slices will be cut from the loaves, and 4permitted to .drop into suitable drawers contained within the:

l,iixed base.

The invention further consists in the construction ofthe cutters, and in the means for regulating the thickness ot' the slices to be out; and

The invention consists, lastly, in the construction of the cover for the'revolving case, by which the loaves of bread are pressed upon the cutters.

Inthe accompanying drawings- A is thetixed 'base or `box of rectangular or quadrangular form, and of suitable height to receive in one end the drawers B. 1 y

O 4is a instal plate forming the top of the box, and secured rmly thereto. Through this plate are formed `'two half `crescent shaped openings1), arranged as shownI in,` g. 2.

. Eachv opening, at its widest end, a, is of rectangular or qnadrangular form, and from the point l) tothe point c, the -edges are shapedto form cutters, a.

. `E is the case lfor receiving the loaves of bread, connected to the base A in such a n'lanneras torevolve freely thereon, by means of the sleeve F and screwbolt and'nut G. l

The receiving-case E is of oetagonal or other: proper form, and provided with a series of vertical openings,

H, formed `by the inner and Outer walls d e, respectively, and the partitions f. Aplanview of this case `and its openings is shown by dottedlines, iig. 0.'

The openingsH are designed to recive'and conduct the loaves of bread to the cutters, and are of' the proper' size for `that purpose. l

The cover I, of the case E, is of suitable form, and provided upon its under side with a series of projecting bars or plungers, J, corresponding to the openings H, in size, form, and number, and are designed to rest upon and press the loaves of bread in cont-act with the cutters. i f

The operation is as follows:

The breadto be sliced is placed in loaves within the openings in the case E, and the cover adjusted to permit the plungers to bear upon-such loaves.

The case is then revolved in the direction ofthe arrow, l(showirin iig. 2,) by` means of the ea-rs i, affixed to the exterior of the same. v

i The lower loaves within the case projectthrough the base or widened ends of the openings I), resting upon curved plates K, placed beneath the plat-e C, and as the case continues to revolve, the loaves are brought in cont-act withi the sharpened edges oi' the cutters a', which operate thereon with a shearing out, from the points b to c, cutting the slices from the loaves, and permitting them to drop into the drawers B.

Access to the sliced bread is obtained by extending the drawers, as will be readily understood.

Ehe lates K are ad'usteable vertically within the case A, :by means of the adj usting-screwsL, to regulate thethickness ofthe slices 4to be cut.

lBy my impro-vement, bread, meat, or vegetables can be conveniently and expeditiously sliced, in any desired quantity to supply the largest demands. For hotels and restaurants, it'l will be invaluable, land for general use, it supplies a want long felt in the market.

Having thus described 'my invention, l lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

J.. The combination of the base Arcvolvingreceiving-case E, and plate C, forming cut-ters c', substantially as described,i`or the purpose specified.

2. The cover l, constructed as described, with t-he plungers J,and adapted to press the' contents of the openings H within the revolving ease, iii-contact with the cutters a, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. The adjustable plates K, in combination with the 

